Click Calculate to find standard deviation, variance, count of data points This standard deviation calculator uses your data set and shows the work required for the calculations.Įnter a data set, separated by spaces, commas or line breaks. A high standard deviation indicates greater variability in data points, or higher dispersion from the mean. A low standard deviation indicates that data points are generally close to the mean or the average value. Standard deviation is a statistical measure of diversity or variability in a data set.